Soffit hook hanger



April 3, 1934. SEREFF 1,953,315

SOFFIT HOOK HANGER Original Filed Nov. 6, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR PETER H. SEREFF.

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SOFFIT HOOK HANGER v Original Filed Nov. 6, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 A TTOR/VE F Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UNITED STATES SQFFIT HOOK HANGER Peter H. Screfi, Denver, 0010.

Original application November 6, 1929, Serial No. 405,096. Patent No. 1,926,182, dated September 12, 1933. Divided and this application March 13, 1933, Serial No. 660,565. Also substitute for application Serial No. 496,766, November 19,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in fabricated, reenforcing units and the means of supporting therefrom soffits, forms and metal laths.

This invention particularly relates to an improvement in soifit hooks adapted to be attached to a reenforcing unit and also to support beneath the reenforcing unit a soiht. After the sofiit has been removed, if desired, the soffit hooks may be used for supporting metal laths and if not used for that purpose, they may be broken oif, or bent up, and plastered over.

It is an object of the invention to provide in connection with the soffit supported by a sofiit hook an improved means for supporting a form on each side of the soiiit.

It is a further object to provide means of adjustably supporting the U-shaped form pans from the sofiit.

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings.

This application is a division of application, Serial No. 405,096, filed November 6, 1929.

This application is a substitute for my appli- 25 cation, Ser. No. 496,766 filed Nov. 19, 1930.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one end of the two fabricated reenforcing units and soffits supported thereby by means of applicants improved soflit hooks. This View also shows the form pan supported adjustably by the sofdts.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of one end of the sofilt showing the manner in which the form is supported by the sofiit.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the fabricated reenforcing beam or unit.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the bottom of the sofiit showing the sofiit hooks extending therethrough.

Figure 6 is a View showing the soilit hooks and how it is attached to the reenforcing beams.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the reenforcing beam.

Figure 8 is an end view of the reenforcing beam.

Figure 9 is a cross-section showing applicants reenforcing beams, the soiiit hooks and sofdt supported thereby and the form supported by sof- 50 fit hooks with the concrete poured in the form thus built up.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the rods in place for holding the soffit on the sofiit hooks.

Figure 11 is a view showing the form built up for supporting a concrete structure. In this form there is used a filler member between the two reenforcing beams.

Figure 12 is a vertical section through part of the concrete structure embedded in the I- beam showing the manner of supporting the re- 61 enforcing beams upon the I-beam.

Figure 13 is a View similar to Figure 12, except instead of using I-beams, reenforcements are used, and the manner of supporting the re F enforcing beams thereby is shown. 5

Figure 14 is a section of a wall and shows the manner of supporting the reenforcing beam upon the wall.

Figure 15 is a section showing part of a concrete structure with the supporting means partly I. removed, but still showing the sofiit hooks in place for supporting the metal laths.

Figure 16 is a view similar to Figure 15,showing the metal laths supported by the sofiit hooks r after the sofrlt has been removed.

Figure 17 is a slightly modified form of ceiling support in which the sofiit hooks are embedded in the concrete which forms the ceiling.

The main supporting part of applicants apparatus consists of reenforcing units which are 39 formed by two bottom bars 1 and 2, and two top bars 3 and 4. The top bars are held in spaced relationship to each other by means of diagonal web bars 5. These web bars are bent, as shown in Figure 1, and the looped part of each upper 5 bend is welded at 6 between the two upper bars and constitutes spacing means for these two bars. The lower loops of these diagonal web bars are alternately welded to the bottom bars 1 and 2. One loop is welded to bar 1 and the adjacent loops are welded to the bar 2. These bars are held in spaced relation to each other by means of spacers '7.

Welded between the ends of the top bars 3 and 4 are shear plates 8. These plates are welded to the top bars slightly away from their ends and extend diagonally downwardly toward the ends of the bars and have welded to their lower ends bearing plates 9. Each shearv plate has a bearing plate which is slightly below the bot tom bars. These plates extend inwardly from the end of the fabricated beams toward each other and have on the inner end thereof a tongue 15, which acts as a support for one end of the soffit 10. This soffit is shown in Figure 3 as sup- I. ported by the tongue 15 at one end. The sofiit is also, in addition thereto, supported by soflit hangers 11. One of these hangers is shown in perspective in Figure 6 and has extending upwardly therefrom plates bent in the form of loops 12 to engage over the bottom bars. Extending downwardly from the body of the soflit hangers are hook members 13 which extend through holes 14 in the sofiit. After these hook members are extended through the holes in the soffit, pins, or

rods may be passed through the hooks beneath the sofiit so that the soffit is supported or the hook member may be bent up against the lower surface of the soffit or twisted so that the soffit is supported without the use of a rod or pin.

In order to form a support for the concrete poured above and around the reenforcing units there is provided a form or a change pan, or tile member 16 adapted to be supported by sides of the soffit. For this purpose the sides of the soffit have vertical flanges 17 thereon to be engaged by a catch member 18 adapted to be adjustably attached to the sides of the form. For adjustably receiving and supporting the catch 18 there is provided in the sides or legs of the form 16 a plurality of pairs of holes or slots 19. The lower slot of each pair receives the lower part of the catch member 18, while the upper slot of each pair receives a hook 20 formed on the upper end of the catch member 18. For supporting the sofiit on the soffit hangers, rods 21 may be used, as shown in Figure 10. Instead of the side flange of the soffit being entirely vertical, as shown in Figure 1, it may be turned over, as shown in Figures 3 and 5 and indicated by the numeral 22.

When the reenforcing beam is supported on the walls of concrete, or masonry, the plate 9 rests upon the walls. But, in the event that the reenforcing beams are supported by I-beams, bearing plates 23 are attached to the ends of the reenforcing beams and have extending upwardly therefrom vertical webs 24. These plates and webs are shown in Figure 12. These members support the reenforcing beams upon the I-beams with the bottom bar below the top of the I-beams so that the parts may be entirely surrounded by concrete and form a solid concrete structure reenforced and supported by the reenforcing beams and the I-beams 25. In Figure 12 the concrete poured around the I-beams is supported by a casing 26. This casing may be a permanent part of the structure. As shown here the form is of wood. Instead of using the I-beams for supporting purposes, a reenforcing member 28 such as is shown in Figure 13, may be used.

Whenever it is desired to attach to the under part of the concrete structure laths for the purpose of supporting plaster, a metallic lath 29 is used for that purpose and is supported or may be supported by the hook member 13. In this structure the rods may be used, or the hooks may be caught into some part of the lath, or they may be twisted to support the laths. In practice the reenforcing members are fabricated away from the place of use and have attached to them the sofilt hangers, or soffit plates. After these reenforcing beams have been placed in the position desired, they are held in their proper position by means of temperatureexpansion bars 30 which prevent their spreading.

After these bars have been properly placed upon the walls, the form 16 is properly placed. The height of this form depends upon the pair of slots in which the catch 18 is inserted. In case the catch 18 is not used the lower edges of the form may rest upon the sofiit, as shown in Figure 9. In this case the flange part of the sofiit extends upwardly and forms a trough supporting the lower end of the concrete core. In the event it is desired, the soffit may be turned over and the edges of the form supported in the loops 22. The sofiit is shown thus in this position in Figure 11, but in this figure there is used in connection with the form a filler member 27.

After the concrete has been poured the soffit core and filler members may be removed and the concrete surface plastered. In case it is desired to attach to the core member metal laths, the laths may be supported as shown in Figure 16. In this case the plaster is applied to the metal laths and all of the upper part of the concrete structure is concealed. However, the forms may be removed and the surface of the concrete, with the cores showing, plastered over to form the outside surface of the ceiling.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be clearly embraced within the scope of my claims and invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sofiit hanger in combination with a plurality of supporting units, a soiht plate supported by each unit, a form member having a plurality of pairs of slots therein on each side and means engaging the slots of each pair of slots to support the form on the sofrit plates.

2. In a means for supporting a form in combination with a plurality of supporting members, a sofiit plate supported by each supporting member, a form having a plurality of pairs of slots on each side and a catch member adapted 105 to engage the slots of each pair on one side of the sofiit plate, said catch member having a hook at one end to engage one slot and having a projection extending through the other slot to engage the side of the sofiit plate.

3. In combination, a self-sustained, fabricated, reenforcing unit of the character described, depending hook members carried on the bottom thereof having hooks depending from thelower sides thereof, slotted sofiits mounted over said 115 lower hooks and detachable retaining wires mounted between said sofiits and said hooks to maintain the soffits in position.

4. In a building construction in combination with a reenforcing means, a somt plate, means 120 for removably supporting the sofiit plate on the reenforcing means, a core member and means for adjustably supporting the core member on the soffit plate, said means consisting of catch members formed at one end of a hook to engage 125 the edge of the sofiit plate and having the other end bent to engage slots in the sides of the core member.

5. In a building construction in combination with a reenforcing beam, means to removably 130 support a soffit plate by said beam, a core member supported by said soffit plate and means to hold the core member in adjusted relation to the soffit plate, said means consisting of a catch formed into a hook at one end to engage the scffit plate and extending through a slot in the core member and bent into a hook at the other end to engage through a second slot in the side of the core member.

6. In combination, a reenforcing member having spaced lower bars, a sofit plate having upwardly extending deformable fingers bent over said bars and downwardly extending deformable hooks, a sofiit having slots for receiving said downwardly extending hooks, inverted U-shaped 145 pans on either side of said soffit and supportable therefrom and means for adjustably supporting said pans at difierent heights with respect to the soffit.

PETER. I-I. SEREFF. 

